KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 – Police today arrested two men suspected to be members of a gang involved in robberies and the rape of a teenager.
One of them was injured in the left thigh following a shootout with the police at the 15th Mile in Rawang late last night while his accomplice was arrested when he tried to escape from a police raid outside an apartment in Seri Gombak near Batu Caves at about 5 this morning.
Kuala Lumpur Deputy Police Chief Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said in the first incident, a police patrol came across a Proton Wira which was driven in a suspicious manner by a man who had six criminal records, adding that the man sped off after being asked to stop by the police.
“He tried to escape and fired a shot at the police before police returned fire and hit his thigh,” he told reporters here, today.
Police seized a Walter P99 pistol from the suspect. The pistol was stolen from a policeman at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital last week and the car was reportedly stolen in Ipoh, he added.
On inspecting the car, police found 11 bullets, a handcuff, tool for smoking marijuana, pliers, an axe, a machete and a computerised police radio, said Abdul Samah.
He said the second suspect tried to escape in a Perodua Myvi car outside an apartment in Seri Gombak after he realised the presence of the police nearby.
“The suspect hit a policeman with his car before trying to escape but police had fired several shots at the car causing the vehicle to crash into a drain,” he said.
He said police found a police jacket, an axe, a toy motorcycle, 83 pieces of U-mobile starter packs, various foreign currencies and RM250 in cash in the car.
Police investigation revealed that both suspects had robbed a driving school, a money changer and a furniture shop in the area on Oct 19 while in March they had raped a 17-year old teenager, he said.
He said both suspects from Segambut were treated at Selayang Hospital and they would be charged under Section 4 of the Firearms Act (Increased Penalties) 1971 which provided for life imprisonment and six strokes of the cane upon conviction. – Bernama
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